Bayonetta Dev Trolls The Internet With ‘Joke’ Announcement

It was a case of “Can’t tell if troll or gaming announcement” when Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya told a fan that Bayonetta 2 news was arriving next week in a magazine, a revelation that sent the internet into a crazy spiral of an anticipation and hype.

And then we all got shot down when it was later announced by Platinum Games producer Atsushi Inaba that there is no Bayonetta 2 news coming, whatsoever, stating that Kamiya was simply making a joke and tends to take his humour a bit far sometimes, to the point that he just got away with probably the biggest trolling incident in the history of gaming, from a developer.

For future reference it seems clear that if someone other than a magazine boasts about a reveal, it should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Still, it doesn’t wipe away the disappointment from everyone’s faces. I for one was overjoyed to hear of news of a coming sequel announcement. I mean who didn’t enjoy the Devil May Cry -esque gameplay with a sexy female character with hipster glasses whose hair and clothes were weapons to the point that she got naked while attacking.

It was tongue-in-cheek, raunchy fun with swords and, well, hair follicles I guess.